Ana Deumert

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ana Deumert is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Deumert has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Linguistics and Language, 24 papers in Language and Linguistics and 13 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Ana Deumert's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (23 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (17 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers). Ana Deumert is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (23 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (17 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers). Ana Deumert collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Germany. Ana Deumert's co-authors include Gaby Ramia, Chris Nyland, Erlenawati Sawir, Simon Marginson, Joan Swann, Wim Vandenbussche, Kristin Vold Lexander, Theresa Lillis, Brett Inder and Pushkar Maitra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Applied Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Ana Deumert

45 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Loneliness and International Students: An Australian Study 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Loneliness and International Students: An Australian Study
    2007 543 citations Ana Deumert et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ana Deumert South Africa 17 435 427 380 328 254 49 1.4k
Sophie Arkoudis Australia 20 163 0.4× 269 0.6× 226 0.6× 791 2.4× 103 0.4× 44 1.3k
Joseph Bosco Hong Kong 5 502 1.2× 923 2.2× 127 0.3× 165 0.5× 304 1.2× 8 1.6k
Suzanne B. K. Scollon United States 6 466 1.1× 837 2.0× 220 0.6× 366 1.1× 231 0.9× 8 1.7k
Rodrigue Landry Canada 18 1.4k 3.2× 934 2.2× 142 0.4× 142 0.4× 563 2.2× 59 2.0k
Hyunjung Shin Canada 10 228 0.5× 145 0.3× 72 0.2× 534 1.6× 879 3.5× 30 1.4k
Dariusz Galasiński United Kingdom 16 116 0.3× 249 0.6× 112 0.3× 68 0.2× 265 1.0× 53 927
Michelle M. Lazar Singapore 14 143 0.3× 152 0.4× 160 0.4× 72 0.2× 481 1.9× 34 1.4k
Joanna Thornborrow United Kingdom 17 120 0.3× 424 1.0× 231 0.6× 61 0.2× 202 0.8× 42 994
Bethan Benwell United Kingdom 14 144 0.3× 341 0.8× 85 0.2× 131 0.4× 271 1.1× 27 1.1k
Jane Sunderland United Kingdom 19 278 0.6× 466 1.1× 62 0.2× 214 0.7× 247 1.0× 53 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ana Deumert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ana Deumert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deumert, Ana, et al.. (2025). ‘So you think you can play with me’ – Louis Moholo-Moholo and the semiotics of freedom. Language & Communication. 105. 94–105.
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Deumert, Ana, Anne Storch, & Nick Shepherd. (2020). Colonial and decolonial linguistics knowledges and epistemes. 1 indexed citations
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Swann, Joan & Ana Deumert. (2017). Sociolinguistics and language creativity. Language Sciences. 65. 1–8. 25 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2017). Mimesis and mimicry in language – Creativity and aesthetics as the performance of (dis-)semblances 1. Language Sciences. 65. 9–17. 14 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2015). Linguistics and social media. 577–589. 2 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2014). Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana & Kristin Vold Lexander. (2013). Texting Africa: Writing as performance. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 17(4). 522–546. 34 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2010). ‘It would be nice if they could give us more language’ – Serving South Africa’s multilingual patient base. Social Science & Medicine. 71(1). 53–61. 46 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2010). Imbodela zamakhumsha – Reflections on standardization and destandardization. Multilingua. 29(3-4). 243–264. 12 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2009). Tracking the demographics of (urban) language shift – an analysis of South African census data. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 31(1). 13–35. 36 indexed citations
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Mesthrie, Rajend, Joan Swann, Ana Deumert, & William L. Leap. (2009). Introducing Sociolinguistics (2nd Edition). Open Research Online (The Open University). 32 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2004). Language Standardization and Language Change. 33 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana, et al.. (2004). A Dictionary of Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2004). Language Standardization and Language Change: The Dynamics of Cape Dutch. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 33 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana & Wim Vandenbussche. (2003). Germanic Standardizations. 52 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2003). Standard Languages As Civic Rituals – Theory and Examples. Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik. 17(1). 2 indexed citations
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Deumert, Ana. (2001). LANGUAGE VARIATION AND STANDARDIZATION AT THE CAPE (1880–1922): A CONTRIBUTION TO AFRIKAANS SOCIOHISTORICAL LINGUISTICS. Journal of Germanic Linguistics. 13(4). 301–352. 3 indexed citations

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